Washington Post reporter who tweeted about Kobe Bryant rape allegations placed on leave

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13. Should this one incident from his teenage years be near the top of his obit?

That's the question here.

Should society ever move on from these things and look at what happened when he grew up and his accomplishments and the tens of millions of $$ he has given to charity and that he was raising a family, including 4 daughters?

He isn't a serial abuser like Bill Cosby or even a repeat abuser that we know of, and it sure seemed like he pulled it together after this incident. We all just need to decide at the end of the day how much something like this impacts us personally and if we can move on from it.

I sure hope things that happened in my teens aren't held over me for the rest of my life as I have grown up a lot since then. I really didn't grow up and start behaving like an adult until probably my mid-30s but that shouldn't define my future and all the good things I can do. And most of the people we work with and in our families have secrets they are hoping everyone around them doesn't find out about.

RIP to Kobe and to his amazing basketball career and I hope you learned and grew from this incident.